Job Title: Production Manager - Nights Job Description

The Production Manager Nights oversees manufacturing operations in a high-performance, people-focused environment dedicated to becoming the most sustainable protein company on earth. This role leads night-shift production activities in a unionized facility, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency while fostering an inclusive culture where team members are empowered to learn, grow, and contribute their best. The position requires strong leadership in a fast-paced, cold and wet production setting with exposure to raw meat and cleaning solutions, while maintaining high standards of operational excellence and employee wellbeing.

Responsibilities

- Lead and manage night-shift production operations to ensure targets for safety, quality, efficiency, and output are consistently achieved.

- Provide direct supervision to production teams, including assigning work, monitoring performance, and offering coaching and support.

- Promote and enforce a safety-first culture, ensuring all team members follow established health, safety, and sanitation procedures.

- Coordinate and oversee daily manufacturing activities to maintain smooth operations in a fast-paced, unionized environment.

- Use strong leadership skills to motivate, engage, and develop team members, fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace.

- Collaborate effectively within a unionized setting, maintaining positive working relationships and adhering to collective agreement requirements.





- Identify operational issues and use problem-solving skills and sensory awareness to diagnose and troubleshoot production challenges.

- Ensure production processes meet quality standards and regulatory requirements related to protein manufacturing.

- Support continuous improvement initiatives by recommending and implementing changes that enhance productivity and reduce waste.

- Monitor and manage resources on the night shift, including labor, equipment, and materials, to optimize production performance.

- Communicate clearly with other shifts and departments to ensure alignment on production plans, priorities, and outcomes.

- Model safe work practices, including proper handling of raw meat, exposure to strong smells and cleaning solutions, and adherence to lifting and ergonomic guidelines.

- Participate in learning and development opportunities to strengthen leadership and operational skills and support career progression.

Essential Skills

- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Production Manager or in a comparable production leadership role.

- 35+ years of experience in manufacturing operations.

- Proven supervision experience overseeing production teams in a high-volume workplace.

- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, coach, and develop team members.





- Experience working in a unionized environment and collaborating effectively within union frameworks.

- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cold and wet production environment with exposure to strong smells, blood products, and raw meat.

- Physical ability to stand, walk, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl for extended periods, and to lift up to 50 lbs as required.

- Ability to use senses (sight, sound, smell, touch) to diagnose and troubleshoot production problems.

- Strong communication skills with the ability to talk, listen, and hear clearly in a busy production setting.

- Solid understanding of production operations and manufacturing processes.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- Post-secondary education is an asset.

- Interest in continuous learning and professional development through workshops, speaker events, and training resources.

- Willingness to pursue further education such as degrees, diplomas, professional certifications, or trades programs supported by tuition reimbursement.

- Commitment to working in an inclusive, safety-focused culture that recognizes and rewards excellence.

Why Work Here?

Employees thrive in an inclusive, safety-first culture that recognizes excellence and encourages everyone to contribute their best. Team members receive flexible health, wellness, and mental health benefits starting on day one, along with a company-matched defined contribution pension plan that also begins on the first day of employment. The organization invests heavily in learning and development through workshops, speaker

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